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{{Short description|Private Catholic university in Tokyo, Japan}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Sophia University
 | native_name            = {{lang|ja|上智大学}}
 | image                  = Sophia University emblem.png
 | image_size             = 150px
 | caption                = 
 | motto                  = {{lang|la|Lux Veritatis}} (Latin)<br /> {{lang|ja|真理の光}} (Japanese)<br />{{lang|ja-Latn|Shinri no Hikari}} (Romaji)
 | mottoeng               = Light of Truth
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
 | established            = {{start date and age|1913}}
 | founder                = [[Society of Jesus]]
 | parent                 = 
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Catholic Church]] ([[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]])
 | academic_affiliations  = [[Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities|AALAU]], [[International Association of Universities|IAU]], [[International Federation of Catholic Universities|IFCU]]
 | chancellor             = Sali Augustine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/article/news/announcement/0501press/|title = Announcement of Change of Chancellor of Sophia School Corporation}}</ref>
 | president              = Yoshiaki Terumichi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/news/2016/1117001.html|title=Professor Yoshiaki Terumichi appointed as Next President of Sophia University}}</ref>
 | faculty                = 1,509 (2022/23)
 | administrative_staff   = 293
 | students               = 13,437 (2022/23)
 | undergrad              = 12,080 (2022/23)
 | postgrad               = 1,357 (2022/23)
 | other                  = 
 | city                   = [[Chiyoda-ku]], [[Tokyo]]
 | country                = Japan
 | coordinates            = {{coord|35|41|03|N|139|43|55|E|region:JP-13_type:edu_source:kolossus-frwiki|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Urban
 | campus_size            = {{Convert|11|acre}}
 | free_label             = Alma Mater song
 | free                   = ''Sophia''
 | colors                 = {{Color box|#8B0000|border=darkgray}} Maroon
 | sports_nickname        = Sophians
 | athletics_affiliations = 
 | mascot                 = Sophian-kun (ソフィアン君, maroon eagle)
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/}}
 | logo                   = Sophia University Logo.png
 | logo_size              = 200px
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Sophia University'''|上智大学|Jōchi Daigaku|extra={{langx|la|Universitas Sedis Sapientiae}}|lead=yes}} is a private [[List of Jesuit educational institutions|Jesuit]] [[research university]] in [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]. Founded in 1913 by the [[Jesuits]], it was granted university status in 1928, becoming the first [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] university in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1549 |title=上智大学の沿革｜上智大学 |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/aboutsophia/sophia_spirit/historical_record/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.sophia.ac.jp |language=ja}}</ref> Sophia University has 12,080 undergraduate students and 1,357 postgraduate students. The university has 9 undergraduate faculties and 10 graduate schools, with over 13,900 students in total.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Sophia University Graduate Students 「上智大学大学院学生数」 |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/overview/u9gsah0000000am6-att/Statistics2018p3GraduateStudents.pdf |access-date=13 March 2020 |website=Sophia University |location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Sophia University Undergraduate Students「上智大学学部学生数」 |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/overview/u9gsah0000000am6-att/Statistics2018p2UndergraduateStudents.pdf |access-date=13 March 2020 |website=Sophia University |location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Sophia University: Arrival of St. Francis Xavier-1967 |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/history/history/history_1.html |access-date=13 March 2020 |website=Sophia University |location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan}}</ref>

Sophia University is a highly globalised university with international students from 77 countries and exchange agreements with 400 universities in 81 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Engagement {{!}} Sophia University |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/global/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.sophia.ac.jp |language=en}}</ref> The university attracts many students from across Japan and abroad. As of 2022, foreign students constituted approximately 9% of the student body.<ref>{{Cite web |title=数字で見る上智大学｜上智大学 |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/aboutsophia/facts/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.sophia.ac.jp |language=ja}}</ref>

Sophia's alumni are commonly referred to as "Sophians", among whom include the 79th [[Prime Minister of Japan]], [[Morihiro Hosokawa]], several members of the [[National Diet|Japanese National Diet]], several foreign statesmen (including [[Carlos Holmes Trujillo]], [[Mukhriz Mahathir]], and [[Li Linsi]]), and a number of actors and musicians in the [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese film]] and [[Music of Japan|music]] industries.

== Origins of the university name ==
The name of the university is traced to letters of correspondence between two of the three founders of what would become Sophia University, Fr. James Rockliff, SJ and Fr. Hermann Hoffmann, SJ. The Japanese term {{lang|ja|上智}} ("higher wisdom" or "supreme wisdom", {{lang|ja-Latn|Jōchi}}) was the equivalent of the Latin word {{lang|la|sapientia}}, which means wisdom. According to Catholic Church tradition, the term {{lang|la|sapientia}} refers to one of the Church's devotional titles for the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Blessed Virgin Mary]], "the [[Seat of Wisdom]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sophia University Japanese study guide |url=https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/2016%20JANUARY%20SOPHIA%20University%20Info%20Guide%20for%20Website_0.pdf |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=[[University of Technology Sydney]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Seat of Wisdom, Meaning of : University of Dayton, Ohio |url=https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/s/seat-of-wisdom-meaning-of.php |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=[[University of Dayton]]}}</ref>

When Joseph Eylenbosch, SJ began teaching [[Greek language|Greek]] at the university in April 1924, he thought that the Japanese term {{lang|ja-Latn|jōchi}} was the equivalent of the Greek term {{lang|el|σοφία}} ({{lang|el-Latn|sofia}}). Afterwards, the students had proposed that the school be known as Sophia University.

Fr. Hoffmann, SJ, who was serving as [[Chancellor (education)|University President]] at that time, initially opposed the proposal. However, he soon accepted the idea and submitted the proposal to Rome for the approval.

The English-language, peer-reviewed [[academic journal]] ''[[Monumenta Nipponica]]'', which was first published in 1938, identified itself as being published by Sophia University. The use of Sophia as the university name then became firmly established in Japan and overseas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/history/u9gsah00000007pn-att/websophiaE41.pdf|title=Origins of the school name; the school emblem and school flag; the school colors and school song, No. 41|date=April 2016|website=Sophia University|location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Early history ===
The origins of Sophia University could be traced to 1549 when [[Francis Xavier|Saint Francis Xavier]], a prominent member and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, arrived in Japan to spread Christianity. In his letters to his fellow Jesuits, he had expressed hopes of establishing a university in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/history/history/history_1.html|title= Arrival of St. Francis Xavier--1967|website=Sophia University|location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c02303/saint-francis-xavier-and-the-roots-of-christianity-in-japan.html|title=Saint Francis Xavier and the Roots of Christianity in Japan|date=27 August 2015|website=Nippon.com| publisher=Nippon Communications Foundation|location=Minato, Tokyo, Japan|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

During the so-called [[Kirishitan]] period of Japanese history, the Catholic Church had been responsible for establishing and administering educational institutions in Japan called ''Collegios'' and ''Seminarios'', serving as bridges between the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western world|West]].

[[File:William H O'Connell PNAC.JPG|thumb|200px|William H. O'Connell had been appointed as a special ambassador of the Vatican to Japan.]]

The establishment of the university only began to take place more than 400 years from St. Francis Xavier's arrival in Japan. In 1903, three Jesuit priests from Europe came to Japan to continue the missionary work of the Church and to help establish Sophia University. One of the founders, Fr. Joseph Dahlmann, SJ from Germany, who had come to Japan via India, had listened to the requests of Catholics in the country, who expressed their desires to construct a Catholic university to serve as the cultural and spiritual base of the Church's missionary operations in Japan.

Dahlmann heeded the requests and sent a proposal to the then-[[Pope|Bishop of Rome]], [[Pope Pius X]], at the [[Holy See]] in Rome. In 1905, Dahlmann was granted a private audience with the Pope, who promised to assign the Society of Jesus to create and administer a Catholic university in Japan. In Dahlmann's [[Latin]] [[memoir]]s regarding the encounter with Pius, he recounted that he spoke as follows: "''Habebitis collegium in Japonica, magnam universitatem'' (in English: "You (plural) will have in Japan a college that is a great university".).

On that same year, the then-Bishop of [[Portland, Maine]] in the United States, [[William Henry O'Connell|William H. O'Connell]], was appointed by the Pope to serve as a special ambassador of the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] to [[Emperor Meiji]] in Japan. O'Connell was also tasked to survey the situation in Japan. When he was granted an audience with Emperor Meiji, he had ascertained the education policy directions of the [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|Japanese Ministry of Education]], and reported to officials at the Holy See regarding the possible establishment of a Catholic university in Japan.

At the 25th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in held in Rome in September 1906, Pius X issued a formal written statement to the Jesuits to establish a Catholic university in Japan. Thus, the delegates at the Congregation voted unanimously in favour of the Pope's commands, and the first concrete steps were taken to prepare a university institution in the East.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/history/spirit/spirit_02.html|title=The Society of Jesus and the founding of Sophia University|website=Sophia University|location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan|access-date=11 April 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411013113/https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/history/spirit/spirit_02.html|archive-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

=== Founding ===
[[File:Sophia University,1914.jpg|thumb|250px|An academic building at Sophia University, a year after its establishment.]]
[[File:Sophia University,1945.jpg|thumb|250px|Sophia University in 1945.]]

Sophia University was founded by [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]]s in 1913. It opened with departments of [[German language|German]] Literature, Philosophy and Commerce, headed by its founder Fr. Hermann Hoffmann, SJ (1864–1937) as its first official president.<ref>{{cite web| title =Hoffman | url =http://www.con-spiration.de/syre/english/jun/e0601.html }}</ref>

In 1932, a small group of Sophia University students refused to salute the war dead at [[Yasukuni Shrine]] in the presence of a [[Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan|Japanese military]] attache, saying it violated their [[Faith in Christianity|religious beliefs]]. The military attache was withdrawn from Sophia as a result of this incident, damaging the university's reputation in the eyes of the government of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese Empire]]. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo|Archbishop of Tokyo]] intervened in the standoff by permitting Catholic students to salute the war dead, after which many Sophia students, as well as Hermann Hoffmann himself, participated in rites at Yasukuni. The [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]] later issued the ''Pluries Instanterque'' in 1936, which encouraged [[Catholicism|Catholics]] to attend [[Shinto shrine]]s as a [[patriotism|patriotic]] gesture; the Vatican re-issued this document after the war in 1951.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Breen|first=John|title=Popes, Bishops and War Criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post-war Japan|journal=The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus|date=1 March 2010|url= http://www.japanfocus.org/-John-Breen/3312|access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> [[Hermann Heuvers]] served as the university's second president from 1937 until 1941.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/10/archives/herman-heuvers.html|title=Herman Heuvers|date=June 10, 1977|work=[[New York Times]]|location=Tokyo|page=26|access-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref>

=== Post-war growth ===
Sophia University continued to grow as it increased the number of academic departments, faculty members and students, in addition to advancing its international focus by establishing an exchange program. Many of its students studied at [[Georgetown University]] in the United States as early as 1935. Sophia's junior college was established in 1973, followed by the opening of Sophia Community College in 1976.

=== 21st century ===
With the founding of the Faculty of Liberal Arts in 2006, Sophia University presently holds 27 departments in its eight faculties. Its current president is Yoshiaki Terumichi. Toshiaki Koso serves as head of its board of directors. Since 2008, the Global Leadership Program was started for students from four [[Jesuit]] universities in [[East Asia]]: [[Ateneo de Manila University]] in the Philippines, [[Fu Jen Catholic University]] in [[Taiwan]], [[Sogang University]] in [[South Korea]], and Sophia University in Japan.<ref>[http:// hompi.sogang. ac.kr/2009glp/2009glp_f_1_1.html Profile], hompi.sogang.ac.kr; accessed 22 September 2014.</ref> In 2016 the university reached out to the four Jesuit junior-senior high schools in Japan, joining them in the Sophia College Corporation to help them pass on the Jesuit charism to their lay faculty through workshops and other assistance. These schools are [[Sophia Fukuoka Junior and Senior High School|Sophia-Fukuoka]], [[Eiko Gakuen]], [[Hiroshima Academy Junior and Senior High School|Hiroshima Gakuin]], and [[Rokko Junior and Senior High School|Rokko School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jesuits-japan.org/static.php?page=6_02School |trans-title=The Society of Jesus - Japan Province |script-title=ja:イエズス会日本管区|last=日本管区|website=www.jesuits-japan.org|language=ja |access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Pope Francis]] visited Sophia University as a part of his 2019 pastoral tour. This was the first time in 38 years that a pope visited Sophia University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-26 |title=フランシスコ教皇がローマへ出発 離日前に上智大訪問：朝日新聞デジタル |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASMCT769WMCTUHBI029.html?iref=ogimage_rek |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=朝日新聞デジタル |language=ja}}</ref>

== Campuses ==
[[File:Sophia University Gate.jpg|thumb|250px|Sophia University]]

Sophia's main campus at [[Yotsuya, Tokyo|Yotsuya]] is urban, consisting of roughly 25 large, modern buildings in the center of [[Tokyo]]. The majority of Sophia's 10,000 undergraduate students spend nearly all their time here. The faculties of Theology, Humanities, Law, Foreign Studies, Economics, Liberal Arts, and Science and Technology have their home here, as do the main library, cafeteria, gymnasium, chapel, bookstore, and offices. In April 2006, the Faculty of Comparative Culture, which had been located at the smaller [[Ichigaya, Tokyo|Ichigaya]] campus, moved to the main Yotsuya campus and changed its name to the Faculty of Liberal Arts.<ref>{{cite web| title = FLA| url =http://www.fla.sophia.ac.jp| access-date=October 13, 2015 }}</ref> Nearly all of Sophia's foreign exchange and most of international students study at the FLA.

Students of Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Sciences, starting from their second year, and students of the Course of Midwifery, commute to Mejiro Seibo campus at [[Shinjuku]]. Mejiro Seibo campus was originally the campus of [[Seibo College]], before it merged with Sophia University, and the department has retained connection to the nearby Seibo Hospital.

The Tokyo office of the [[CIEE|Council on International Educational Exchange]], the [[Student exchange program|student exchange organisation]], which oversees roughly half of the international students, is also based on the main Yotsuya Campus. The Shakujii ([[Tokyo]]) campus housed the Faculty of Theology. The [[Hadano, Kanagawa|Hadano]] campus in [[Kanagawa Prefecture]] is home to the [[Sophia Junior College]], as well as a number of seminar halls and athletics complexes.<ref>{{cite web| title = Hadano| url =http://www.fla.sophia.ac.jp/studentlife/faciilities }}</ref>

=== List of campuses ===
* Yotsuya Campus ([[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda Ward]], [[Tokyo]])
* Mejiro Seibo Campus ([[Shinjuku|Shinjuku Ward]], Tokyo)
* Shakuji Campus ([[Nerima|Nerima Ward]], Tokyo)
* Hadano Campus ([[Hadano, Kanagawa|Hadano City]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]])
* Osaka Satellite Campus ([[Osaka|Osaka City]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]])

== International cooperation ==
Sophia University has international partnership agreements with 396 institutions in 81 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sophia University |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=www.sophia.ac.jp |language=en}}</ref> Some of Sophia's partner universities include [[Georgetown University]], [[Yale University]], [[University of Hong Kong]], [[Sogang University]], and [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|LMU Munich]]. It also maintains nine overseas bases serving as liaisons between the Sophia School Corporation and overseas localities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=海外拠点の紹介 Overseas Offices |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/global/global/sgu2/sgu_overseas-offices/index.html |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=上智大学 (Sophia University)}}</ref>

* [[Luxembourg]] Office ({{lang|ja|ルクセンブルクオフィス}})
* [[ASEAN]] Hub Centre in [[Bangkok]] ({{lang|ja|ASEANハブセンター}})
* [[China]] Liaison Offices in [[Beijing]] and [[Shanghai]] ({{lang|ja|中国連絡処}})
* [[Cologne]] Office ({{lang|ja|ケルンオフィス}})
* [[Los Angeles]] Office ({{lang|ja|ロスアンゼルスオフィス}})
* [[New York City|New York]] Office ({{lang|ja|ニューヨークオフィス}})

== Sophia School Corporation ==
Established in 1911, the {{Nihongo|Sophia School Corporation|学校法人上智学院|Gakko Hojin Jochi Gakuin}} is a public interest corporation established under the Private School Act (Act no. 270 of 1945) for the purpose of establishing a private school.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:私立学校法 - 日本語／英語 - 日本法令外国語訳DBシステム |url=https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/ja/laws/view/3794/je |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp}}</ref> The Sophia School Corporation serves as the operator of Sophia University and other Jesuit-affiliated schools in Japan, managing a total of seven schools. It was established in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:上智学院の歴史 |url=https://www.sophia-sc.jp/about/history.html |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=学校法人上智学院}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Academic Institutions Under the Sophia School Corporation
!Higher Education Institutions
!Secondary Education Institutions
|-
|Sophia University (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) 
|Eiko Gakuen Junior and Senior High School (Kamakura City, Kanagawa)
|-
|Sophia University Junior College Division (Hadano City, Kanagawa)
|Rokko Junior and Senior High School (Kobe City, Hyogo)
|-
|
|Hiroshima Gakuin Junior and Senior High School (Hiroshima City, Hiroshima)
|-
|
|Sophia-Fukuoka Junior and Senior High School (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka)
|}

== Academics ==
The university has nine undergraduate faculties with 29 departments as well as 10 graduate schools with 25 programmes. With over 14,021 students as of 2017, the university provides academic opportunities for students from Japan and overseas to study in Japan. Sophia also possesses a wide-variety of English-taught academic programmes such as those provided by the Faculty of Liberal Arts (FLA). English programmes are also provided by the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) through two programmes and the Green Science Program, provided by the Department of Materials and Life Sciences, and the Green Engineering Program, provided by the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.sophia.ac.jp|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Sophia University Yotsuya Campus3.jpg|thumb|250px|Photograph of the Sophia University Yotsuya Campus in Chiyoda, Tokyo.]]

=== Undergraduate faculties and departments ===
* Faculty of Theology
* Faculty of Humanities
* Faculty of Human Science
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Foreign Studies
* Faculty of Global Studies
* Faculty of Liberal Arts
* Faculty of Science and Engineering

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Sophia University undergraduate faculties and departments
!Faculty of Theology
!Faculty of Humanities
!Faculty of Human Sciences
!Faculty of Law
!Faculty of Economics
!Faculty of Foreign Studies
!Faculty of Global Studies
!Faculty of Science and Technology
!Faculty of Liberal Arts
|-
|Department of Theology
|Department of Philosophy
|Department of Education
|Department of Law
|Department of Economics
|Department of English Studies
|Department of Global Studies
|Department of Materials and Life Sciences 
|Department of Liberal Arts
|-
| rowspan="6" |
|Department of History
|Department of Psychology
|Department of International Legal Studies
|Department of Management
|Department of German Studies
| rowspan="6" |
|Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences
| rowspan="6" |
|-
|Department of Japanese Literature
|Department of Sociology
|Department of Legal Studies of the Global Environment
| rowspan="5" |
|Department of French Studies
|Department of Information and Communication Sciences
|-
|Department of English Literature
|Department of Social Services 
| rowspan="4" |
|Department of Hispanic Studies
| rowspan="4" |
|-
|Department of German Literature
|Department of Nursing
|Department of Russian Studies
|-
|Department of French Literature
| rowspan="2" |
|Department of Luso-Brazilian Studies
|-
|Department of Journalism
|
|}

==== Academic programmes taught in English ====
In addition to most courses of study taught almost entirely in Japanese, Sophia has a variety of academic programmes and courses taught in English. The Faculty of Liberal Arts (FLA), the Green Science and Engineering courses in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), and the Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures (SPSF).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sophia University |url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=www.sophia.ac.jp |language=en}}</ref>

===== Courses taught in the Faculty of Liberal Arts =====
* International Business and Economics (IBE)
* Comparative Culture
* Social Studies

===== English courses taught in the Faculty of Science and Technology =====
* Green Science programme (offered by the Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
* Green Engineering programme (offered by the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences)

===== Courses taught in the Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures (SPSF)
!Departments and affiliated undergraduate faculties
!Years of implementation
|-
|Department of Economics (Faculty of Economics)
|September 2020
|-
|Department of Education (Faculty of Human Sciences)
|September 2020
|-
|Department of Sociology (Faculty of Human Sciences)
|September 2020
|-
|Department of Global Studies (Faculty of Global Studies)
|September 2020
|-
|Department of Journalism (Faculty of Humanities)
|September 2021
|-
|Department of Management (Faculty of Economics)
|September 2022
|}

===== Graduate schools and programmes =====
* Graduate School of Science and Technology
* Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
* Graduate School of Economics
* Graduate School of Human Sciences
* Graduate School of Law
* Graduate School of Theology
* Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies
* Graduate School of Humanities
* Graduate School of Global Studies
* Graduate School of Languages and Linguistics

== University academic research ==
Sophia University is a comprehensive research university with 9 undergraduate faculties with 10 graduate schools located on a single campus in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

As a research institution, the university established the Sophia Research Organisation (SRO) in April 2005 in order to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary and organisational research activities. The SRO possesses two research divisions: the Research Institutes Division and the Project Research Division. The university also has affiliated Research Organisations.

Simultaneously, Sophia's Centre for Research Promotion and Support provides additional support to general research activities and strengthens the a three-way collaboration initiative among industries, government, and academia. The Intellectual Property Rights Committee, established in 2005, ensures smooth collaborative support among the three individual groups and examines the inventions and intellectual properties of the researchers affiliated with Sophia University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/u9gsah0000002vcs-att/sophia18_EN_180419.pdf|title=Sophia University: a Japanese university with a global mission|date=April 2018| website=Sophia University|pages=1–25|location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

To assist with academic research and learning, Sophia currently has a total of 3 libraries and an affiliated library, possessing in total more than 1.15 million books and 12,570 journal titles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=図書館概要 - 上智大学図書館|url=https://www.lib.sophia.ac.jp/about|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.lib.sophia.ac.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.sophia.ac.jp|language=en}}</ref>

=== Sophia University libraries ===
* Sophia University Central Library ({{lang|ja|上智大学中央図書館}})
* Law School Library ({{lang|ja|法科大学院図書室}})
* Mejiro Seibo Campus Library ({{lang|ja|目白聖母キャンパス図書室}})

=== Affiliated library ===
* Kirishitan Bunko Library ({{lang|ja|キリシタン文庫}})

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Sophia University academic research
!Academic Research Support
!Research Institutes Division 
!Project Research Division
!Affiliated research organisations
|-
|Sophia Research Organisation
|Institute for Christian Culture
|Nanotechnology Research Centre
|Kirishitan Bunko Library
|-
|Centre for Research Promotion and Support
|Institute for Medieval Thought
|Centre for Islamic Studies
|Monumenta Nipponica
|-
|Intellectual Property Rights Committee
|Iberoamerican Institute
|Sustainable Energy Research Centre
|Sophia Asia Centre for Research and Human Development
|-
|Sophia Science and Technology Liaison Office (SLO)
|Linguistic Institute for International Communication
|Research and Development Centre for CAE Technologies Applied for Next-Generation Transport Aircraft Design
|Institute for Grief Care
|-
| rowspan="7" |
|Institute of Global Concern
|Microwave Science Research Centre
|Semiconductor Research Institute
|-
|Institute of Comparative Culture
|Water-Scarce Society Information and Research Centre
|Sophia University Institute of Bioethics
|-
|European Institute
|Sophia Institute for Human Security
|Human Resource Centre for International Cooperation 
|-
|Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern
Studies
| rowspan="4" |
|Institute of International Relations
|-
|Institute of American and Canadian Studies
| rowspan="3" |
|-
|Institute of Media, Culture, and Journalism
|-
|Institute for Studies of the Global Environment
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+List of select research journals/publications and affiliations
!Research journals/publications
!Affiliations
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|Monumenta Nipponica<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.sophia.ac.jp|language=en}}</ref>
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|''AGLOS Journal of Area-Based Global Studies<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.sophia.ac.jp|language=en}}</ref>''
| rowspan="2" |Graduate School of Global Studies
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| ''Cosmopolis'' ({{lang|ja|コスモポリス}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=はじめに {{!}} 上智大学 国際関係論専攻|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/g/gs/ir/bulletin/first/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=dept.sophia.ac.jp}}</ref>
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|''Sophia Discussion Paper Series<ref>{{Cite web|title=研究活動 – 上智大学経済学部|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/econ/research/|access-date=2021-05-28|language=ja}}</ref>''
| rowspan="3" |Faculty of Economics 
Graduate School of Economics
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|''Sophia Business Case Series<ref>{{Cite web|title=研究活動 – 上智大学経済学部|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/econ/research/|access-date=2021-05-28|language=ja}}</ref>''
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| ''Sophia Economic Review'' ({{lang|ja|上智経済論集}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=研究活動 – 上智大学経済学部|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/econ/research/|access-date=2021-05-28|language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''Sophia Linguistica<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia Linguistica｜Sophia Linguistic Institute for International Communication Institute|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/solific/en/sophialinguistica/|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>''
|Sophia Linguistic Institute for International Communication
|-
| ''Ibero-American Studies'' ({{lang|ja|イベロアメリカ研究}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=イベロアメリカ研究｜イベロアメリカ研究所|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/ibero/pubiatop/|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" |Ibero-American Institute
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|{{lang|pt|Encontros Lusófonos}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Encontros｜イベロアメリカ研究所|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/ibero/enco/|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>
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| {{lang|es|ILA: Investigaciones Latinoamericanas}} ({{lang|ja|ラテンアメリカ研究}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=ILA｜イベロアメリカ研究所|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/ibero/ila/|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>
|-
| ''LAMS: Latin American Monograph Series'' ({{lang|ja|ラテンアメリカ・モノグラフ・シリーズ}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=LAMS｜イベロアメリカ研究所|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/ibero/lams/|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>
|-
|''Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publications {{!}} The Sophia University Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/iac/en/publish/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=dept.sophia.ac.jp}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies
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|''Occasional Papers (Monograph Series)''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publications {{!}} The Sophia University Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/iac/en/publish/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=dept.sophia.ac.jp}}</ref>
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|''SOIAS Research Paper Series''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publications {{!}} The Sophia University Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies|url=https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/iac/en/publish/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=dept.sophia.ac.jp}}</ref>
|Sophia Organization for Islamic Area Studies
|}

== Student life ==

=== School festival ===
The name of the [[Cultural festival (Japan)|school festival]] is {{Nihongo|Sophia Festival|ソフィア祭}} and is held every year between October 31 and November 3. "Sophians Contest", where contestants are chosen for both appearance and spreading social awareness, and other events are held. In addition, volunteers from school clubs and departments make and sell [[Rice and curry|curry rice]], [[naan]], and other snacks, and famous individuals are invited to the campus to hold lectures.

=== Cultural activities ===
Many clubs are active under Cultural/Academic Alliance, Music Activities Committee, Theatrical Activities Committee, and Hobby Club Alliance. Those include 19 cultural clubs, 10 musical clubs, and 8 theatrical clubs. In addition, there are many unorganized groups, including Catholic organizations, such as Catholic Student Association, SAfro FAmily, Sophia Choir, etc.

=== Sports ===
Sophia University does not have a preferential admission system for high school students with sport track, however, the university supports students with excellent results in individual sports.

Sophia University - [[Nanzan University]] Inter-University Athletic Tournament or {{Nihongo|"Johnan"|上南戦}} has been held since 1960 to strengthen bonds between Catholic universities, with the participation from all sports clubs. Since 14th Tournament  in 1974, it has been treated as a major event in the university. 61st and 62nd Tournaments were cancelled during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with 63<big>rd</big> being first held in 2022 after the pandemic, with Sophia winning 17-15 against Nanzan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=上南戦：第63回大会 試合日程および対戦成績｜南山大学 |url=https://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/Menu/koho/jounan/record/63th.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=南山大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

Since 2010, Sophia University and [[Sogang University]] have held an athletic and cultural exchange event called Sogang-Sophia Festival of Exchange (SOFEX).

Around 40 clubs are organized under the Sophia University Athletic Association. Those include:

* The Golden Eagles, an American football club, which was founded in 1969, and is currently a member of the [[Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association|Kantoh Collegiate Football Association]], Division 2, Block B. They generally practice in the Sanadabori field, but during the rainy days they practice on the other premises or run around the [[Akasaka Palace]]. They are exclusively cheered by the Lollipoppers cheerleading team, which is not affiliated with the Athletic Association. The Lollipoppers practice outside the campus.
* The ''[[Ōendan]]'' is composed of a male lead section, a brass section, and "Eagles" [[cheerleading]] section. The ''Ōendan'' cheers for all sports clubs except for the Golden Eagles. Cheerleading section exercises in the underground Judo hall or in public facilities outside the campus.
* The Karate Club has included three winners in the All Japan Koshiki Karate Tournanment.
* The Baseball Club is currently a member of the [[Tohto University Baseball League]] Division 3.
* The Junko Baseball Club is a member of the Tohto University Junko Baseball League Division 3.
* The Women's Baseball Club is a member of the Kanto University Women's Baseball League.
* The Tennis Club is a member of the Kanto Inter-collegiate Tennis Fenderation. The Men's section is in Division 4, and Women's section is in Division 5.
* The Soccer Club is a member of the Tokyo University Football Association, Division 1. They practice on the Sanadabori field.
* The Rugby Club is a member of the Japan East Rugby Football Union, League 1. They practice on the Sanadabori field.
* The Men's Basketball Club is a member of the Kanto College Basketball Federation, Division 3.

==== Sanadabori field ====
Baseball, Junko Baseball, Women's Baseball, American Football, Ground Hockey, Soccer, Rugby, Lacrosse, and Track and Field Clubs practice on the Sanadabori field adjacent to the Yotsuya campus. However, the field is owned and managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and is open to the public on weekends and holidays, which means Sophian clubs do not have priority use rights.

=== Student housing and dormitories ===
Sophia University has student housing options and dormitories scattered throughout Tokyo. Events and various programmes are also organised by students and housing staff for the benefit of the housing community all year round.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.sophia.ac.jp|language=en}}</ref>

List of Student Dormitories:
* Sophia Soshigaya International House (Male/Female)
* Sophia-Arrupe International Residence (Male/Female)
* Sophia Edogawa Men's Dormitory (Male)

Sophia University has a group of designated and recommended dormitories, which are owned and operated by various private housing companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.sophia.ac.jp| language=en}}</ref>

List of Designated Dormitories Owned by Private Companies:

* Sophia Higashi Nakano Dormitory (Female) (Nakano Ward, Tokyo)
* Sophia Kasai International House (Female) ([[Edogawa, Tokyo|Edogawa Ward]], Tokyo)
* Student House Luxlass (Male/Female) (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo)

[[File:Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, Tokyo, Japan b.jpg|thumb|250px|Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, Tokyo, Japan.]]

==Academic rankings==
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[[File:Sophia University.jpg|thumb|250px|Sophia University.]]

There are several rankings below related to Sophia University.

=== University rankings ===

==== Japanese university rankings ====
According to the Times Higher Education 2021 Japan University Rankings, Sophia University is ranked 18th in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web| date=2021-05-21|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/sophia-university|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en}}</ref> Sophia is the fourth largest liberal arts university in the country.

==== Global/regional university rankings ====
According to the 2023 QS World University Rankings, Sophia University is ranked 801–1000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophia University|url= https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sophia-university|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Top Universities|language=en}}</ref> In the 2021 QS rankings, Sophia was 181st in Asia and the 28th in Japan.  Its 2021 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, which assesses universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), is 601–800.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-21|title=Sophia University|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/sophia-university|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en}}</ref>

===Alumni rankings===
Alumni of Sophia have good employment prospects in Japanese industries. According to the [[:ja:エコノミスト (雑誌)|Weekly Economist]]'s 2010 rankings and the [[:ja:プレジデント社|PRESIDENT]]'s article on 2006/10/16, graduates from Sophia have the eighth best employment rate in 400 major companies, and the average graduate salary is the sixth best in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3865.html|title=Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings |year=2011 |publisher=Weekly Economist |access-date=April 29, 2011| language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net/article/26733115.html#more | title=年収偏差値・給料偏差値ランキング（2006・10・16）：稼げる大学はどれ？ }}</ref>

===Popularity and selectivity===
Admission to Sophia is highly selective and competitive. As such it is considered one of the top private universities along with [[Keio University]] and [[Waseda University]]. Typical acceptance rate is 34%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/admissions/gakubu_ad/gakubu_news/110117/2011ippan_syutuganjyokyo |title=2011年度一般入試出願状況｜上智大学 公式サイト |website=www.sophia.ac.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127190256/http://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/admissions/gakubu_ad/gakubu_news/110117/2011ippan_syutuganjyokyo |archive-date=2011-01-27}}</ref> Its entrance difficulty is considered one of the toughest along with [[Waseda University|Waseda]] and [[Keio University|Keio]] among 730 private universities.<ref>National and Public universities apply different kind of exams. so it's only comparable between universities in a same category.</ref><ref>e.g.,&nbsp;[[:ja:代々木ゼミナール|Yoyogi seminar]] published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/ gakubu/index.html</ref><ref>Japanese journalist [[:ja:島野清志|Kiyoshi Shimano]] ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 11 scales) in Japan. {{cite book|publisher=YELL books|year=2011|language=ja|script-title=ja:危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版|id={{ASIN| 4753930181|country=jp}}}}</ref>

== Overseas partner institutions ==
Sophia University has student and academic exchange agreements with 387 overseas partner universities in 81 countries and regions as of June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/global/global/exchange-partner.html|title=上智大学は2020年4月1日現在、77 国・地域の374大学と協力に関する覚書（ＭＯＵ）や交換留学協定を締結しています|date=April 2020|website=Sophia University| location=Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

List of External University Agreements and Affiliations:

* Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU)
* Comprehensive Agreement on Cooperation with Kwansei Gakuin University
* Global 5 University Collaboration Agreement (with Waseda University, [[Akita International University]], [[International Christian University]], [[Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University]])
* Comprehensive Agreement on Cooperation with International Christian University
* Member of the Catholic University Institute for Christian Culture

==Notable faculty==
* Father [[Peter Milward]], [[Jesuit|SJ]], [[emeritus professor]] of [[English Literature]]
* [[Gregory Clark (author)|Gregory Clark]], former professor of economics; currently a ''[[Japan Times]]'' contributor
* [[Kuniko Inoguchi]], former professor of law, and Permanent Representative of Japan to the [[Conference on Disarmament]] in [[Geneva]]
* [[Jun-ichi Nishizawa]], electronic engineer, inventor and specially-appointed professor; 
* [[Sadako Ogata]], former professor of political science, and former [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]]; former President of the [[JICA|Japan International Cooperation Agency]]

== Notable alumni ==
=== Politics ===
* [[Morihiro Hosokawa]], 79th Prime Minister of Japan
* [[Toshitsugu Saito]], 65th and 66th Japanese Defence Minister
* [[Kōichirō Genba|Koichiro Genba]], former Japanese Foreign Minister
* [[Seiko Noda]], former [[Second Kishida Cabinet|Minister-in-charge of Measures against Declining Birthrate]]
* [[Kuniko Inoguchi]], Japan's first Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
* [[Denny Tamaki]], 8th Governor of Okinawa 
* [[Takuya Hirai]], former Minister for Digital Transformation
* [[Carlos Holmes Trujillo]], former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister of [[Colombia]]
* [[Rizal Ramli]], former Finance Minister of [[Indonesia]]
* [[Yukari Sato]], economist and LDP Member of the House of Representatives
* [[Shoichi Kondo]], DPJ Member of the House of Representatives and former Senior Vice Minister for the Environment
* [[Li Linsi]], Chinese diplomat, educator, diplomatic consultant to [[Chiang Kai-shek]]
* [[Mukhriz Mahathir]], 11th [[Heads of state governments of Malaysia|Menteri Besar]] of [[Kedah]], [[Malaysia]]
* [[Benigno Aquino III]], 15th [[President of the Philippines]]
* [[Antolin Oreta III]], incumbent Member of the [[Philippine House of Representatives]] from [[Malabon]]'s [[Malabon's at-large congressional district|Lone District]] and former [[Mayor of Malabon]] and Vice Mayor of Malabon

=== Academia ===
*[[Ruben Habito]], associate professor at [[Southern Methodist University]]
* Yuya Kiuchi, sport and pop culture scholar at [[Michigan State University]]
*[[Fidel Nemenzo]], mathematician, chancellor of [[University of the Philippines Diliman]]
*[[Junko Shigemitsu]], theoretical physicist, emerita professor at [[Ohio State University]]
*[[Kyouichi Tachikawa]], historian
*[[Takayuki Tatsumi]], American literature scholar at [[Keio University]]
*[[Dominique Turpin]], Dean & President of IMD, Switzerland
*[[Shōichi Watanabe]], English scholar

=== Business ===
*[[Hassan Jameel]], President and Vice Chairman of [[Abdul Latif Jameel]]
*[[Johnny Kitagawa]], founder and CEO of [[Johnny & Associates]]
*[[Shawn Layden]],  President & CEO of [[Sony Interactive Entertainment]] America
*[[Peer Schneider]], co-founder and SVP/Publisher at [[IGN|IGN Entertainment]]
*Shuzo Shiota, CEO and president of [[Polygon Pictures]]

===Media and literature===
*[[Jake Adelstein]], journalist, consultant, and author of ''[[Tokyo Vice]]''
*[[Beni Arashiro]], singer
*Yoshitaka Asama, screenwriter and film director 
*Benjamin Fulford, investigative journalist
*[[Vernon Grant]], first American cartoonist to introduce [[manga]] concepts to English-language readers
*[[Boyé Lafayette De Mente]], author on Japanese culture ('54)
*[[Desiree Lim]], Malaysian-born Canadian independent film director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[Kōichi Mashimo]], anime director, founder of studio [[Bee Train]]
*[[Toru Minegishi]], video game composer
*Ken-ichi Suzuki, songwriter, singer and bassist ([[Ningen Isu]])
*Yuriko Nishiyama, [[manga]] writer, including ''[[Harlem Beat]]''
*[[Maureen Wartski]], author, including ''A Boat to Nowhere'' and ''Yuri's Brush with Magic''
*[[Robert Whiting]], author on Japanese culture, including ''The Chrysanthemum and the Bat'' and ''You Gotta Have Wa'' about Japanese baseball
*[[Yūki Yamato]], Japanese screenwriter and director
*[[Tadatoshi Fujimaki]], Manga artist and creator of ''Kuroko's Basketball''
*[[Anna Sawai]], New Zealand-born Japanese actress, singer, and dancer
*[[Sumire Uesaka]], voice actress and singer

===Others===
*[[Agnes Chan]], singer and ambassador of the Japan Committee for [[UNICEF]]
*[[Kurara Chibana]], Miss Japan 2006 and first Runner-up at [[Miss Universe 2006]]
*[[Tina Chow]], model and jewellery designer<ref>{{cite web|last=Lambert|first=Bruce|title=Bettina L. Chow, Model and Designer, Dies at 41|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/26/nyregion/bettina-l-chow-model-and-designer-dies-at-41.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 26, 1992}}</ref>
*[[Bruce Frantzis]], Taoist Master, USA
*[[Yū Hayami]], actress, singer
*[[Carrie Ann Inaba]], American dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer
*[[Hisashi Inoue]], author
*[[Maiko Itai]], Miss Universe Japan 2010 winner
*[[Crystal Kay]], singer
*[[Stephen Kim Sou-hwan]], Korean Roman Catholic cardinal and [[Archdiocese of Seoul|Archbishop of Seoul]]
*[[Peter Shirayanagi]], Japanese Roman Catholic cardinal and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo|Archbishop of Tokyo]]
*Saori Kumi, author
*[[Alan Merrill]], a 1960s Group Sounds pioneer ''[[gaijin tarento]]'' and later composer of the classic song "[[I Love Rock N Roll]]"
*Osamu Mizutani, high school teacher, famous for his book "Yomawari Sensei" and his efforts to redress delinquents
*[[Adolfo Nicolás|Father Adolfo Nicolás]], [[Jesuit|S.J.]], [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]]
*[[Hikaru Nishida]], actress, Japanese [[Japanese television drama|drama]]
*[[Judy Ongg]], singer/actor
*[[Zomahoun Idossou Rufin]], a ''[[gaijin tarento]]'', philanthropist and diplomat who has been Benin's Ambassador to Japan and the Philippines
*[[Emyli]], singer
*[[George Takei]], Japanese-American actor most famous for his role as ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'''s [[Hikaru Sulu|Mr.&nbsp;Sulu]]
*[[Tadashi Yamamoto]], Founder of the [[Japan Center for International Exchange]] and the [[Shimoda Conference]]
*[[Michelle van Eimeren]], [[Miss Universe Australia]] 1994

==See also==
* [[Education in Japan]]
*[[Catholic school|Catholic Education]]
*[[Education in Japan|Japanese Educational System]]
*[[History of the Catholic Church in Japan]]
*[[List of Jesuit sites]]
*[https://www.jesuits-japan.org/blank?lang=en Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Japan]
*[[Catholic Church in Japan]]
*[[Christianity in Japan]]
*[[List of Jesuit educational institutions in the Philippines|List of Jesuit Educational Institutions]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.sophia.ac.jp/ Sophia University Homepage] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/index.html Sophia University Homepage] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050913054006/http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_toppage.nsf/ Sophia University Old Homepage] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.fla.sophia.ac.jp/ Sophia University Faculty of Liberal Arts (FLA) Homepage (English only)]
*[https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/econ/ Sophia University Faculty of Economics Homepage (Japanese and English)]
*[https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/g/gs/ Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies (Japanese and English)]
*[http://www.st.sophia.ac.jp/ Sophia University Faculty/Graduate School of Science and Technology (Japanese and English)]
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